Altuve should be in his Edgar Martinez era. Martinez became a full time DH at 32. Extended his career. Played until 41.
This is the hypothetical trade thread so I’m going to pose a question: Would you trade Yordan Alvarez for Ronald Acuna straight up?
Anyone other than Astros fans would say yes immediately from the Astros point of view. Acuna is an elite defender and bat. Yordan is only serviceable at DH at this point. with Yordan’s injury history I would be surprised if he’s effective much past 30 at all. Acuna will be a great to above average player until 35 at least
seems like this team needs to make a run at this year. I hope Alvarez comes back but seems like we should go for it even if he does not.
I mean Yordan is a much better hitter and lesser at everything else. If they are both healthy I’d take Yordan. But, that’s pretty theoretical so Acuna 10/10.
There is a difference between injury from a catastrophic standpoint and from a degenerative standpoint.
I like Yordan but IMO these injuries are chronic and will keep popping up. He barely manages 100 games a year. I'd def think about trading him - but he's injured so his value will be somewhat diminished. We should cut bait sooner than later -- sorry that's harsh but it's a team sport, the Houston Astros not the Alvarez Astros.
Firm buyers: Yankees, Blue Jays, Rays, Tigers, Astros, Phillies, Mets, Cubs, Brewers, Dodgers Likely buyers: Mariners, Cardinals, Padres, Giants On the fence: Red Sox, Guardians, Twins, Royals, Rangers, Angels, Reds, Diamondbacks Likely sellers: Braves, Orioles Firm sellers: White Sox, A’s, Marlins, Nats, Pirates, Rockies The last 2 weeks was really good for the trade deadline outlook, as a lot of the middle of the pack teams fell out of it. The Astros should really hope those 8 teams on the fence fall out of it over the next 2 weeks. Depending on how it shakes out, it may be the least exciting playoff race in the last few years. But so far it looks like there will be more sellers than I expected and potentially more available players than in years past.
